Spotify: Disable Automatic Startup

Prevent Spotify from starting when your computer boots by disabling automatic startup.

Option 1

1. Open “Spotify“.
2. Select “Edit‘ > “Preferences” in Microsoft Windows or “Spotify” > “Preferences” in MacOS.
3. Scroll all the way to the bottom and select the “Show Advanced Settings” button.
4. Scroll to the “Startup and Window Behaviour” section.
5. For the “Open Spotify automatically after you log into the computer” setting, use the drop-down menu to select “No“.

The setting is automatically saved once it’s selected. Now Spotify should no longer automatically launch whenever you start your computer. I should mention that I discovered a service called “SpotifyWebHelper” that allows you to start Spotify from a web page. You can disable “SpotifyWebHelper” from starting by turning the “Allow Spotify to be started from the Web” setting to “Off“.

Option 2 (Windows Only)

1. Right-click a blank area of the taskbar, then choose “Task Manager“.
2. Select the “Startup” tab.
3. Right-click “Spotify“, then select “Disable“.